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1882 · réf. 26408 — Chicago: Fergus Printing 1882. First Collected edition. printed wrappers. Good. 12mo 208 pages some wear and splitting to the spine of the wrapper which was made to be unattached Fergus Historical Series no.18. Includes William Mosley Hall's speech "A National Railroad to the Pacific" the first speech promoting a trans-continental railroad for America. Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln was a delegate to this Convention: his brief speech there was his first before a nationwide platform - and it caught the ear and mind of Horace Greely also a delegate that this Lincoln was an up-and-comer. see Howes C371; Gutter Between the Waters and the Wind 14. Fergus Printing unknown